US7866123B2 - Multilevel container filling machine such as a multilevel beverage bottle filling machine - Google Patents

Multilevel container filling machine such as a multilevel beverage bottle filling machine Download PDF

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US7866123B2
US7866123B2 US12/348,043 US34804309A US7866123B2 US 7866123 B2 US7866123 B2 US 7866123B2 US 34804309 A US34804309 A US 34804309A US 7866123 B2 US7866123 B2 US 7866123B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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  • the present application relates to a multilevel container filling machine such as a multilevel beverage bottle filling machine.
  • Containers within the meaning of the present application include but are not limited to bottles, cans, tubes and other containers which are used and/or are suitable for use as packing means for a wide variety of bulk goods to be packaged, and for example for liquid and/or viscous liquids.
  • filling machines When packing means or containers of this type are filled, filling machines are used that employ a rotary construction and process a high number of containers per unit of time, and possibly machines that have a rotor which is driven in rotation continuously and/or in a clocked manner around a vertical machine axis, on which rotor the filling of the containers is performed in filling stations during the rotational movement of the rotor between a container inlet and a container outlet.
  • the filling stations are thereby located at uniform angular intervals around the vertical machine axis.
  • this angular range is on the order of magnitude of three hundred thirty degrees.
  • An object of the present application is to create a filling machine which has a compact design, occupies a small amount of space and is capable of treating containers at a high production rate, and in one possible embodiment one that has an operationally safe and reliable constructive realization.
  • the present application teaches that this object is accomplished by the filling machine for containers such as bottles, cans, or similar containers.
  • the filling machine comprises at least one rotor, which is driven in rotation around a vertical machine axis, and filling stations on the rotor. Each filling station is designed to receive a container and for the filling of this container during the rotational movement of the rotor between a container inlet point and a container outlet point.
  • the filling stations are provided in at least two filling planes, which are offset from one another in the direction of the machine axis.
  • a filling machine for the filling of containers such as bottles, cans, or similar containers comprises at least one rotor which is driven in rotation around a vertical machine axis, and with filling stations on the rotor. Each filling station is designed to receive a container and for the filling of this container during the rotational movement of the rotor between a container inlet point and a container outlet point.
  • the filling stations are provided on the at least one rotor which is driven in rotation around the vertical machine axis not, as in conventional filling machines, in a single filling plane or level, but in at least two filling planes which are offset from one another in the vertical direction, i.e. in the axial direction of the machine axis, i.e. they are located one above another.
  • a container inlet and a container outlet are provided, which are then likewise offset from one another in the vertical direction corresponding to the different filling levels, and in one possible embodiment, for example, so that the container inlets and the container outlets are located directly or generally one above the other in the vertical direction and can thus be formed by a common transport and/or transfer element, for example by a common system of transport star wheels, on which container receptacles are provided in the different planes corresponding to the filling planes.
  • the containers are fed to the filling machine or to a plant that includes this filling machine in the different filling planes corresponding to the planes that are offset from one other in the vertical direction, and are also removed from the filling machine or a plant that includes this machine in planes that are offset from one another in the vertical direction.
  • the necessary or desired separation or guidance of the stream of containers into the different planes or from the different planes takes place outside the filling machine, as a result of which, among other things, a simplified and very reliable construction of this machine becomes possible.
  • inventions or “embodiment of the invention”
  • word “invention” or “embodiment of the invention” includes “inventions” or “embodiments of the invention”, that is the plural of “invention” or “embodiment of the invention”.
  • inventions or “embodiment of the invention”
  • the Applicant does not in any way admit that the present application does not include more than one patentably and non-obviously distinct invention, and maintains that this application may include more than one patentably and non-obviously distinct invention.
  • the Applicant hereby asserts that the disclosure of this application may include more than one invention, and, in the event that there is more than one invention, that these inventions may be patentable and non-obvious one with respect to the other.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration in a plan view of a plant for the filling of containers in the form of bottles, i.e. in the illustrated possible embodiment for the filling and capping of bottles;
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of two filling stations, each of which comprises a container in filling stations located in different stations on a rotor;
  • FIG. 3 is a simplified schematic illustration of two filling elements associated with different filling levels, each with an independent bowl for each filling plane;
  • FIG. 4 is a simplified illustration of a bottling plant.
  • 1 is a plant for the filling of containers 2 in the form of bottles, which in the illustrated possible embodiment are made of plastic (PET, for example), and are manufactured with a projecting container flange 2 . 2 on their bottle or container neck below the container mouth 2 . 1 .
  • PET plastic
  • the plant 1 is used for the filling of the containers 2 with a liquid and for the subsequent closing or capping of these containers 2 .
  • the plant 1 has, among other things, a filling machine 3 and two closing or capping machines 4 and 5 .
  • the containers 2 are filled simultaneously or substantially simultaneously in two filling planes E 1 and E 2 which are located one above the other in the vertical direction.
  • the containers 2 are fed, each in a single-file stream of containers, via two conveyors 6 and 7 in different planes that are offset from one another in the vertical direction and correspond to the filling planes E 1 and E 2 to a container inlet which is formed by a transport star wheel system 8 .
  • the two conveyors 6 and 7 in FIG. 1 are depicted so that when the plant 1 is viewed from overhead, they enclose an angle between them.
  • the conveyors 6 and 7 are located one above the other in the vertical direction, whereby the conveyor 6 is associated with the upper filling plane E 1 and the conveyor 7 is associated with the lower filling plane E 2 .
  • the system of transport star wheels 8 comprise, among other things, two transport star wheels 9 and 10 which are located one above the other in the vertical direction and are driven in rotation around a common vertical axis, whereby the transport star wheel 9 is associated with the upper filling plane E 1 and the transport star wheel 10 is associated with the lower filling plane E 2 .
  • the common drive of the two transport star wheels 9 and 10 is provided by a variable-speed drive motor 11 which drives these transport star wheels in synchronization with the rotor 12 of the filling machine 3 , which rotor 12 is driven in rotation around a vertical machine axis MA.
  • the number of filling positions 13 in the upper filling plane E 1 is equal to the number of filling stations 14 in the lower filling plane E 2 , and in each plane the filling stations 13 and 14 respectively are distributed at uniform angular intervals around the axis MA, and in one possible embodiment, for example, so that a filling station 14 is located below each filling station 13 .
  • each filling station 13 and 14 in the illustrated possible embodiment are realized identically and are used for the filling of identical bottles or containers 2 , i.e. each filling station 13 and 14 respectively comprises a filling element 15 for the controlled dispensing of the liquid to be bottled into the individual containers 2 which are located in the filling stations, and of a container carrier 16 , on which the individual container 2 is held suspended by its container flange 2 . 2 , so that it is located with its container mouth 2 . 1 under the filling element 15 or under a dispensing opening realized on this filling element for the liquid being bottled.
  • the filling planes E 1 and E 2 are those planes in which the container carriers are located during the filling.
  • the filling elements 15 can be realized in the widest possible number of ways, and in one possible embodiment, for example, for an open jet filling, in which the respective container 2 is located with its container mouth 2 . 1 at some distance from the filling element 15 or from the dispensing opening formed on the underside of the filling element 15 , or for a filling, in one possible embodiment a counterpressure filling process, in which the individual container 2 is in sealed contact with its container mouth against the filling element 15 , for example as the result of a controlled elevation of the container carrier 16 .
  • Other realizations of the filling process and of the filling elements 15 are also possible, such as the use of filling elements 15 with a filling tube, etc.
  • the filling elements 15 of the filling stations 13 and 14 are in communication via liquid connections 17 and 18 with a bowl 19 (for example a ring bowl) for the liquid being bottled which is common to the filling stations 13 and 14 and is provided on the rotor 12 .
  • the bowl 19 is thereby located on a level above the dispensing openings of the filling elements 15 of the filling stations 13 and thus on a level which is significantly higher than the dispensing opening of the filling elements 15 of the lower filling stations 14 .
  • there is an individual flow meter 20 for each filling element 15 of the filling stations 13 and 14 and in one possible embodiment, for example, in the form of a magnetic inductive flow meter.
  • the filling process is controlled by means of signals supplied by these flow meters as a function of volume in each filling station 13 and 14 .
  • ring ducts 21 and 22 which perform a wide variety of functions, depending on the individual type of filling process, serving, for example, as vacuum ducts, return gas ducts, steam ducts, etc.
  • Each container 2 which is fed via the conveyor 6 and 7 travels via the transport star wheel 9 and 10 respectively associated with this conveyor and the corresponding filling plane E 1 and E 2 to a filling station 13 (containers 2 fed via the conveyor 6 ) or to a filling station 14 (containers 2 fed via the conveyor 7 ).
  • a filling station 13 containers 2 fed via the conveyor 6
  • a filling station 14 containers 2 fed via the conveyor 7 .
  • the containers 2 are filled in a volume-controlled manner and are then removed from the filling stations 13 and 14 respectively at the transport star wheel system 23 .
  • the latter comprises in turn two transport start wheels located one above the other in the vertical direction and driven around a common vertical axis, corresponding to the transport star wheels 9 and 10 , on which the containers 2 are then in turn provided in two different planes located one above the other in the vertical direction and corresponding to the two different filling planes E 1 and E 2 .
  • the containers 2 reach the upper plane E 1 for closing or capping in the closing or capping machine 4 and filling stations that are located there, and then after the closing or capping are fed via a transport star wheel 24 that forms the container outlet of the plant 1 to a conveyor 24 for the outward transport of the filled and closed or capped containers 2 .
  • the containers 2 that are filled at the filling stations 14 of the lower filling plane E 2 and are transferred to the lower transport star wheel of the transport star wheel system 23 are further transported from there for closing or capping to the closing or capping machine 5 and to filling stations of this machine, and are then delivered via a transport star wheel 26 to a conveyor 27 for outward transport.
  • a corresponding element 18 . 1 is provided in the liquid connection 18 .
  • this element 18 . 1 is provided in common for the filling elements 15 of the filling stations 14 .
  • the elements 18 . 1 can be a choke, for example, which reduces the energy content which differs on account of the geodetic difference in altitude.
  • the elements 18 . 1 can also be flow control values or flow governor valves. In one possible embodiment, the elements 18 . 1 can be adjusted manually or by a (centralized) remote control.
  • the containers 2 in the illustrated possible embodiment are held suspended, each on their container flange 2 . 2 , on the elements that carry these containers and/or interact with them and/or guide them, i.e. in one possible embodiment also on the conveyors 6 , 7 , 25 , 27 , on the transport star wheel systems 8 and 23 and on the transport star wheels located there, in the stations of the capping machines 4 and 5 and in the transport star wheels 24 and 26 .
  • FIG. 3 shows in a very schematic drawing one realization of the filling machine 3 which differs from the possible embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2 in that an independent bowl 19 is associated with each filling plane E 1 and E 2 , so that the geodetic altitudes are the same for the two filling planes.
  • FIG. 4 shows schematically the main components of one possible example of a system for filling containers, specifically, a beverage bottling plant 100 for filling bottles B with at least one liquid beverage.
  • a beverage bottling plant may be disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,415,816, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
  • system or plant could possibly be utilized at least one aspect, or several aspects, of the embodiments is disclosed herein.
  • FIG. 4 shows an example of a bottling plant in which aspects of the present disclosure may be utilized.
  • Rinsing arrangement or rinsing station 101 to which the containers, namely bottles B, are fed in the direction of travel as indicated by the arrow A 1 , by a first conveyer arrangement 103 , which can be a linear conveyor or a combination of a linear conveyor and a starwheel.
  • a first conveyer arrangement 103 which can be a linear conveyor or a combination of a linear conveyor and a starwheel.
  • the rinsed bottles B are transported to a beverage filling machine 105 by a second conveyer arrangement 104 that is formed, for example, by one or more starwheels that introduce bottles B into the beverage filling machine 105 .
  • the beverage filling machine 105 shown is of a revolving or rotary design, with a rotor 105 ′, which revolves around a central, vertical machine axis.
  • the rotor 105 ′ is designed to receive and hold the bottles B for filling at a plurality of filling positions 113 located about the periphery of the rotor 105 ′.
  • a filling arrangement 114 having at least one filling device, element, apparatus, or valve.
  • the filling arrangements 114 are designed to introduce a predetermined volume or amount of liquid beverage into the interior of the bottles B to a predetermined or desired level.
  • the filling arrangements 114 receive the liquid beverage material from a toroidal or annular vessel 117 , in which a supply of liquid beverage material is stored under pressure by a gas.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 is a component, for example, of the revolving rotor 105 ′.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 can be connected by means of a rotary coupling or a coupling that permits rotation.
  • the toroidal vessel 117 is also connected to at least one external reservoir or supply of liquid beverage material by a conduit or supply line. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 , there are two external supply reservoirs 123 and 124 , each of which is configured to store either the same liquid beverage product or different products.
  • These reservoirs 123 , 124 are connected to the toroidal or annular vessel 117 by corresponding supply lines, conduits, or arrangements 121 and 122 .
  • the external supply reservoirs 123 , 124 could be in the form of simple storage tanks, or in the form of liquid beverage product mixers, in at least one possible embodiment.
  • each filling arrangement 114 could be connected by separate connections to each of the two toroidal vessels and have two individually-controllable fluid or control valves, so that in each bottle B, the first product or the second product can be filled by means of an appropriate control of the filling product or fluid valves.
  • a beverage bottle closing arrangement or closing station 106 Downstream of the beverage filling machine 105 , in the direction of travel of the bottles B, there can be a beverage bottle closing arrangement or closing station 106 which closes or caps the bottles B.
  • the beverage bottle closing arrangement or closing station 106 can be connected by a third conveyer arrangement 107 to a beverage bottle labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 .
  • the third conveyor arrangement may be formed, for example, by a plurality of starwheels, or may also include a linear conveyor device.
  • the beverage bottle labeling arrangement or labeling station 108 has at least one labeling unit, device, or module, for applying labels to bottles B.
  • the labeling arrangement 108 has three output conveyer arrangement: a first output conveyer arrangement 109 , a second output conveyer arrangement 110 , and a third output conveyer arrangement 111 , all of which convey filled, closed, and labeled bottles B to different locations.
  • the first output conveyer arrangement 109 is designed to convey bottles B that are filled with a first type of liquid beverage supplied by, for example, the supply reservoir 123 .
  • the second output conveyer arrangement 110 in the embodiment shown, is designed to convey bottles B that are filled with a second type of liquid beverage supplied by, for example, the supply reservoir 124 .
  • the third output conveyer arrangement 111 in the embodiment shown, is designed to convey incorrectly labeled bottles B.
  • the labeling arrangement 108 can comprise at least one beverage bottle inspection or monitoring device that inspects or monitors the location of labels on the bottles B to determine if the labels have been correctly placed or aligned on the bottles B.
  • the third output conveyer arrangement 111 removes any bottles B which have been incorrectly labeled as determined by the inspecting device.
  • the beverage bottling plant can be controlled by a central control arrangement 112 , which could be, for example, computerized control system that monitors and controls the operation of the various stations and mechanisms of the beverage bottling plant.
  • This present application relates to a filling machine for containers such as bottles, cans or similar containers, for example a filling machine for the filling of a liquid into the containers, with at least one rotor which is driven in rotation around a vertical machine axis, and with filling stations on the rotor, each of which holds one container, and for the filling of this container during the rotational movement of the rotor between a container delivery point and a container discharge point.
  • a filling machine for containers 2 such as bottles, cans or similar containers
  • containers 2 such as bottles, cans or similar containers
  • at least one rotor 12 which is driven in rotation around a vertical machine axis MA and with filling stations 13 , 14 on the rotor 12 each of which is designed receive a container and for the filling of this container during the rotational movement of the rotor 12 between a container inlet point 8 and a container outlet point 24
  • the filling stations 13 , 14 are provided in at least two filling planes E 1 , E 2 which are offset from one another in the direction of the machine axis MA.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein the number of filling stations 13 , 14 in the filling planes E 1 , E 2 is the same.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein the filling stations 13 , 14 of neighboring filling planes are each offset from one another in the peripheral direction of the rotor 12 .
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein the container inlets 9 , 10 and/or container outlets associated with the individual filling planes E 1 , E 2 are offset from one another in the peripheral direction of the rotor 12 .
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein the container inlets and/or container outlets associated with the filling planes E 1 , E 2 are directly above one another in the vertical direction and in the direction of the machine axis MA.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein the filling stations each have a filling head 15 as well as a container carrier 16 for the accurately positioned holding of the individual container 2 in relation to the filling head 15 .
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein for the filling heads 15 of each filling plane E 1 , E 2 or for each group of such filling heads 15 there is at least one common duct 21 , 22 for the delivery or removal of a gas and/or vapor and/or liquid medium.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein at least one chamber or at least one independent bowl 19 is associated with the filling stations 13 , 14 and/or the filling element 15 of each filling plane E 1 , E 2 , which chamber or bowl is used to hold the bulk product or liquid being bottled, and is in communication via liquid connections 17 , 18 with the filling elements of the corresponding filling plane E 1 , E 2 .
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein for the filling stations 13 , 14 and for the filling elements 15 of at least two different filling planes E 1 , E 2 there is at least one common bowl 19 to hold the liquid being bottled, and that the filling elements of these filling planes E 1 , E 2 are in communication with the bowl 19 via liquid connections 17 , 18 .
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein the containers 2 are fed to the filling machine via conveyors 6 , 7 in planes that correspond to the filling planes E 1 , E 2 and are offset from one another in the vertical direction and/or after the filling are transported outward via conveyors 25 , 27 in different planes that are offset from one another in the vertical direction corresponding to the filling planes E 1 , E 2 .
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein its realization is for the filling of containers ( 2 ) in the form of bottles, in one possible embodiment plastic bottles.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein the filling stations 13 , 14 of the different filling planes E 1 , E 2 are realized for the filling of containers 2 of different types and/or sizes.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein the filling stations 13 , 14 of the different filling planes E 1 , E 2 are realized for different fillings of the containers 2 .
  • One feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a plant for the filling of containers 2 such as bottles, cans or similar containers with a liquid and for the subsequent closing or capping of the containers 2 with a filling machine with at least one rotor 12 which is driven in rotation around a vertical machine axis MA and with filling stations 13 , 14 on the rotor 12 that have filling elements 15 for the holding and filling of the containers 2 during the rotational movement of the rotor 12 between a container inlet point 8 and a container outlet point 24 , whereby the filling stations 13 , 14 are provided in at least two filling planes E 1 , E 2 which are offset from one another in the direction of the machine axis MA and with a closing or capping device for the closing or capping of the filled containers 2 in the different filling planes E 1 , E 2 , comprising a transport device 23 provided between the container discharge point 24 of the filling machine and the capping or closing device for the transport of
  • each filling plane E 1 , E 2 is a container inlet 9 , 10 and/or a container outlet, and that the container inlets 9 , 10 and container outlets are located offset from one another or are located one above the other in the axial direction of the machine axis MA corresponding to the filling levels E 1 , E 2 .
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the plant, wherein the transport star wheel system that forms the container outlet of the filling machine is the transport star wheel system 23 located between the filling machine 3 and the closing or capping machines 4 , 5 .
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the plant, wherein the filling stations 13 , 14 have a container carrier 16 for the accurately positioned holding of the individual container 2 in relation to the filling element 15 .
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the plant, wherein for the filling elements 15 of at least two different filling planes E 1 , E 2 there is at least one common bowl 19 to hold the liquid being bottled, and that the filling elements of these filling planes E 1 , E 2 are in communication with the bowl 19 via liquid connections 17 , 18 .
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the plant, wherein in the liquid connection 18 which connects the filling elements 15 of the lower of the at least two filling planes E 1 , E 2 with the common bowl 19 , there is at least one pressure-reducing element, e.g. a choke 18 . 1 , for example an adjustable choke.
  • a pressure-reducing element e.g. a choke 18 . 1 , for example an adjustable choke.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the plant, wherein the functional elements of the filling machine 3 that carry and/or guide the containers 2 are at least partly realized so that the containers 2 are held and/or guided on them in a suspended position by means of a container flange 2 . 2 that is realized in the vicinity of a container mouth 2 .
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the plant, wherein an individual flow meter 20 , for example a magnetic inductive flow meter, is provided in the liquid connections 17 , 18 for each filling element 15 .
  • an individual flow meter 20 for example a magnetic inductive flow meter
  • a choke 18 . 1 such as an adjustable choke, for example.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein the container inlets and/or the container outlets of the filling machine 3 are formed by a transport star wheel system 8 , 23 , which each have receptacles for the containers 2 in the different planes corresponding to the filling planes E 1 , E 2 .
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein the transport star wheel system that forms the container outlet of the filling machine is the transport star wheel system 23 which is located between the filling machine 3 and the closing or capping machines 4 , 5 .
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein the containers 2 are fed to the filling machine 3 via conveyors 6 , 7 in planes that correspond to the filling planes E 1 , E 2 and are offset from one another in the vertical direction and/or after the closing or capping are transported outward via conveyors 25 , 27 in different planes that are offset from one another in the vertical direction corresponding to the filling planes E 1 , E 2 .
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time if the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in the filling machine, wherein the filling stations 13 , 14 of the different filling planes E 1 , E 2 are realized for the filling of containers 2 of different types and/or sizes.
  • the bottling plant comprises a bottle filling machine comprising: at least one rotor having a vertical machine axis; the at least one rotor comprising at least an upper and a lower bottle filling wheel rotatable about the vertical machine axis; a plurality of bottle filling elements substantially equally spaced and disposed about a perimeter of the upper and the lower bottle filling wheels; the bottle filling elements disposed with the upper bottle filling wheel being substantially vertically oriented with one of the bottle filling elements disposed with the lower bottle filling wheel; the upper and the lower bottle filling wheels being vertically spaced in substantially parallel planes, the upper and lower bottle filling wheels being vertically spaced by an amount sufficient to permit a bottle filling element and a bottle to be disposed between the upper and the lower bottle filling wheels; the bottle filling elements being configured to dispense
  • a bottling plant comprising a bottle conveying apparatus, the bottle conveying apparatus comprising an upper and a lower bottle conveyor, the upper conveyor being configured to convey bottles to the upper bottle filling wheel and the lower conveyor being configured to convey bottles to the lower bottle filling wheel.
  • Yet another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a bottling plant wherein the upper filling wheel is configured to dispose a bottle of a first size and the lower filling wheel is configured to dispose a bottle of a second size, the first and the second size bottles being different.
  • a container filling plant for filling containers with a flowable filling material and closing filled containers
  • the container filling plant comprising: a container filling machine comprising: at least one rotor having a vertical machine axis; the at least one rotor comprising at least an upper and a lower container filling wheel rotatable about the vertical machine axis; a plurality of container filling elements substantially equally spaced and disposed about a perimeter of the upper and the lower container filling wheels; the upper and the lower container filling wheels being vertically spaced in substantially parallel planes, the upper and lower container filling wheels being vertically spaced by an amount sufficient to permit a container filling element and a container to be disposed between the upper and the lower container filling wheels; the container filling elements being configured to dispense a flowable filling material through a flowable filling material outlet; the container filling elements comprising a flowable filling material inlet; the flow
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a container filling plant wherein the at least one flowable filling material reservoir is a sole flowable filling material reservoir.
  • a container filling plant comprising a pressure reducing element in flow communication with the flowable filling material connection between the upper and the lower container filling wheels, the pressure reducing element being configured to reduce pressure of flowable filling material flowing to the lower container filling wheel such that the pressure of flowable filling material flowing to the flowable filling material inlets of the upper and the lower container filling wheels is substantially equal.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a container filling plant comprising a flow meter in flow communication with a corresponding flowable filling material inlet.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a container filling plant comprising at least one duct configured for the delivery or removal of a gas, vapor, liquid, or combinations thereof.
  • a container filling plant comprising a container conveying apparatus, the container conveying apparatus comprising an upper and a lower container conveyor, the upper conveyor being configured to convey containers to the upper container filling wheel and the lower conveyor being configured to convey containers to the lower container filling wheel.
  • Yet another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a container filling plant wherein the upper filling wheel is configured to dispose a container of a first size and the lower filling wheel is configured to dispose a container of a second size, the first and the second size containers being different.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a container filling plant wherein the upper and the lower conveying apparatuses of the container filling machine container outlet are transport star wheels.
  • a container filling plant for filling containers with a flowable filling material and closing filled containers
  • the container filling plant comprising: a container filling machine comprising: at least one rotor having a vertical machine axis; the at least one rotor comprising at least an upper and a lower container filling wheel rotatable about the vertical machine axis; a plurality of container filling elements substantially equally spaced and disposed about a perimeter of the upper and the lower container filling wheels; the upper and the lower container filling wheels being vertically spaced in substantially parallel planes, the upper and lower container filling wheels being vertically spaced by an amount sufficient to permit a container filling element and a container to be disposed between the upper and the lower container filling wheels; the container filling elements being configured to dispense a flowable filling material through a lower flowable filling material outlet; the container filling elements comprising a flowable filling material inlet; the
  • a container filling plant comprising a container filling machine container outlet, the container outlet comprising: an upper conveying apparatus rotatable about a vertical axis thereof configured to collect filled containers from the upper container filling wheel; a lower conveying apparatus rotatable about the vertical axis of the upper conveying apparatus and configured to collect filled containers from the lower container filling wheel; the upper conveying apparatus being configured to dispose containers through an upper rotational distance; and the lower conveying apparatus being configured to dispose containers through a lower rotational distance, the upper rotational distance being different than the lower rotational distance.
  • the at least one closing machine comprises: an upper container closing machine configured to collect filled containers from the upper conveying apparatus at the upper rotational distance from the container filling machine and close filled containers; a lower container closing machine configured to collect filled containers from the lower conveying apparatus at the lower rotational distance from the container filling machine and close filled containers; the difference between the upper and the lower rotational distances of the upper and the lower conveying apparatuses being sufficient to dispose the upper and the lower container closing machines sufficiently far apart to permit unimpeded operation of the upper and the lower container closing machines; and the upper and the lower container closing machines each having a height substantially greater than the vertical spacing between the upper and the lower conveying apparatuses.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a container filling plant wherein the pressure reducing element is adjustable.
  • a further feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a container filling plant comprising a flow meter in flow communication with a corresponding flowable filling material inlet.
  • a container filling plant comprising at least one duct configured for the delivery or removal of a gas, vapor, liquid, or combinations thereof.
  • a container filling plant comprising a container conveying apparatus, the container conveying apparatus comprising an upper and a lower container conveyor, the upper conveyor being configured to convey containers to the upper container filling wheel and the lower conveyor being configured to convey containers to the lower container filling wheel.
  • Still another feature or aspect of an embodiment is believed at the time of the filing of this patent application to possibly reside broadly in a container filling plant wherein the upper filling wheel is configured to dispose a container of a first size and the lower filling wheel is configured to dispose a container of a second size, the first and the second size containers being different.
  • bottling plants and other features which may possibly be utilizable by at least one possible embodiment may possibly be found in the following: U.S. Pat. No. 7,415,816, having inventor Herbert Bernhard; and U.S. Pat. No. 7,404,277, having inventor Schach et al.
  • container filling machines and other features which may possibly be utilizable by at least one possible embodiment may possibly be found in the following: U.S. Pat. No. 7,469,726, having inventor Clusserath, et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 7,353,848, having inventor Krulitsch; and U.S. Pat. No. 7,347,231, having inventor Schmoll.
  • container closing machines and other features which may possibly be utilizable by at least one possible embodiment may possibly be found in the following: U.S. Pat. No. 7,165,582, having inventor Till; U.S. Pat. No. 7,162,849, having inventor Bernhard; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,484,477, having inventor Bernhard.
  • inductive flow meters and other features which may possibly be utilizable by at least one possible embodiment may possibly be found in the following: U.S. Pat. No. 7,353,848, having inventor Krulitsch; U.S. Pat. No. 7,299,607, having inventor Clusserath; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/343,912, filed on Dec. 24, 2008, having inventor Lorenz.
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